Bad Old Dad

“Merely through the constant need to ward off, one can become weak enough to be unable to defend oneself any longer.”
~Friedrich Nietzsche~

Don't Let Anger Possess You!

Feeling traumatize by a parent in childhood can leave a lingering, festering wound that never heals.

We are defenseless against a verbal or physical brute when small, but eventually we reach an age when we challenge the oppressor to a fight or at least a reason for their aggression.  The parent either relents or ignores you from that point onward.

I often heard people say, “Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me.”  Not so.  Being ignored by a parent or parents is more painful than a daily belt lashing.

The judge finds the defendant guilty as charged.  For the sake of inner peace of the victim, the judge rules clemency.  Parents do the best they can which isn’t always much.